Tinkering [[electronic resource] ] : consumers reinvent the early automobile / / Kathleen Franz |
Autore | Franz Kathleen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.222/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Automobiles - United States - History
Automobile industry and trade - United States - History Transportation, Automotive - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-89084-4
0-8122-0193-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction. Automobiles in the Machine Age -- 1. What Consumers Wanted -- 2. Women's Ingenuity -- 3. Consumers Become Inventors -- 4. A Tinkerer's Story -- 5. The Automotive Industry Takes the Stage -- Epilogue: Tinkering from Customizing to Car Talk -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788203103321 |
Franz Kathleen | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tinkering [[electronic resource] ] : consumers reinvent the early automobile / / Kathleen Franz |
Autore | Franz Kathleen |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.222/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Automobiles - United States - History
Automobile industry and trade - United States - History Transportation, Automotive - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-89084-4
0-8122-0193-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction. Automobiles in the Machine Age -- 1. What Consumers Wanted -- 2. Women's Ingenuity -- 3. Consumers Become Inventors -- 4. A Tinkerer's Story -- 5. The Automotive Industry Takes the Stage -- Epilogue: Tinkering from Customizing to Car Talk -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822613003321 |
Franz Kathleen | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Trust and power [[electronic resource] ] : consumers, the modern corporation, and the making of the United States automobile market / / Sally H. Clarke |
Autore | Clarke Sally H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y., : Cambridge University Press, c2007 |
Disciplina | 338.4/762920973 |
Collana | ACLS Humanities E-Book |
Soggetto topico |
Automobile industry and trade - United States - History
Automobile industry and trade - History - United States Business & Economics Industries |
ISBN | 0-511-09869-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Risks of innovation, risks of injury -- New firms and the problem of social costs -- Corporate strategies and consumers' loyalty -- Engineering a mass product -- A machine age aesthetic -- The franchised car dealer and consumers' marketing dilemma -- Automobiles and institutional change -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247917603316 |
Clarke Sally H | ||
New York, N.Y., : Cambridge University Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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